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I couldn't get connected to an SSL port though. It is possible though that I did something wrong of forgot to compile SSL support into it.
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I couldn't get connected to an SSL port though. It is possible though that I did something wrong or forgot to compile SSL support into it. --[[User:FiXato|FiXato]] 05:56, 28 January 2011 (CET)
--[[User:FiXato|FiXato]] 05:55, 28 January 2011 (CET)
 
  
 
== Colloquy ==
 
== Colloquy ==

Revision as of 05:56, 28 January 2011

What is an IRC Client

An IRC client is an application/program used to connect to an IRC server. It is used to communicate with other users on an IRC network. There are all sorts of IRC Clients, ranging from extensive standalone applications that run on your Windows, Mac or Linux computer, to minimalistic clients that use Java, Android or iOS on your mobile phone, or applets and widgets that run within your browser using just HTML, CSS and Javascript/AJAX or Flash or Java.

Windows Free to Use Clients

This list is in alphabetical order.

  1. Are You Talking To Me?
  2. Babbel
  3. HydraIRC
  4. Icechat
  5. irssi (via CygWin)
  6. Pidgin (formerly known as Gaim)
  7. Quassel IRC
  8. savIRC
  9. Trillian Basic
  10. Vortec IRC
  11. weechat (via CygWin)
  12. X-Chat Unofficial Silverex Windows Build

Windows users can also look at the Webbased Clients list

Windows ShareWare/Payware Clients

  1. mIRC
  2. Trillian Pro
  3. X-Chat for Windows

Linux-Unix Clients

  1. Are You Talking To Me?
  2. BitchX
  3. irssi
  4. Konversation
  5. Pidgin
  6. Quassel IRC
  7. weechat

Linux users can also look at the Webbased Clients list

Mac OS X Clients

  1. BabbleIRC
  2. Colloquy
  3. LimeChat
  4. Linkinus
  5. Pidgin
  6. weechat
  7. X-Chat Aqua

Mac OS X users can also look at the Webbased Clients list

Mobile Devices Clients

Discussion on Mobile IRC'ing can be done at the Chat4All Forum in the Proud Mobile IRC Addicts Topic

Java

  1. WireLess IRC v1.x
  2. WireLess IRC v2.x
  3. jmIrc
  4. UtaIRC
  5. Virca

Windows Mobile

  1. PocketChat
  2. PocketIRC
  3. SmartIRC.Net
  4. wmIRC
  5. zsIRC


Android

iOS (iPhone/iPad)

Webbased Clients

Java Applets

#PJIRC

Flash

AJAX

All IRC Clients

Overview

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AYTTM

IRC Clients-AYTTM-0.3.3-1-screen.png
Download from: Are You Talking To Me?
Wikipedia No
License GNU General Public License (GPL)
Distribution Model unknown
SSL Support Built-in
Platform Available?
Windows NT/2000 platforms
Linux Source (RPM,bz2,gz) and .deb
BSD No
Intel Mac unofficial builds available
PPC Mac No
iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) No
Android No
Windows Mobile No
Java J2ME No
Browser No
Other No


Babbel

IRC Clients-Babbel-new babbel-dock.jpg
Download from: Babbel
Wikipedia No
License
Distribution Model unknown
SSL Support SSLv2, SSLv3, SSLv2/3 (auto-sensing) and TLSv1
Platform Available?
Windows XP/Vista/7
Linux
BSD No
Intel Mac 10.2 and up
PPC Mac 10.4 and up
iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) No
Android No
Windows Mobile No
Java J2ME No
Browser No
Other No


BitchX

IRC Clients-BitchX-FiXato on Chat4All Lounge.png
Download from: {{{name}}} SourceForge Project Page Mirror
Wikipedia English BitchX article

name=BitchX

License Revised BSD license
Distribution Model unknown
SSL Support SSLv2, SSLv3, SSLv2/3 (auto-sensing) and TLSv1
Platform Available?
Windows 9x/2000/NT (with Cygwin)
Linux SVN and src tar.gz available
BSD BSDI 2.0, 2.1, 3.1, 4.0, FreeBSD 2.x, 3.x, 4.0, NetBSD 3.x, 4.x
Intel Mac Available in DarwinPorts and Universal Binary available from SoftPedia
PPC Mac Maybe using the above SoftPedia Universal build
iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) No
Android No
Windows Mobile No
Java J2ME No
Browser No
Other SunOS 4.1.4, 5.x and above, IRIX 5, 6, HP-UX 9.x, 10.x, OSF/1 (DEC Alpha), Ultrix, AIX, OS/2 (with EMX), QNX

Platform and SSL support taken from BitchX INSTALL doc in SVN trunk.

Its main website is rather outdated. The SourceForge project page looks more useful. Be aware that some distributions, such as Slackware, have removed BitchX from their repositories due to unresolved security issues.


I couldn't get connected to an SSL port though. It is possible though that I did something wrong or forgot to compile SSL support into it. --FiXato 05:56, 28 January 2011 (CET)

Colloquy

IRC Clients-Colloquy-ChatWithSidebar.png
Download from: Colloquy Mobile Colloquy for iOS
Wikipedia English Colloquy article
License GPL
Distribution Model unknown
SSL Support yes
Platform Available?
Windows No
Linux No
BSD No
Intel Mac 10.4 or higher
PPC Mac 10.4 or higher (or the older Colloquy 2.1 for 10.3.9)
iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) Yes, as Mobile Colloquy
Android No
Windows Mobile No
Java J2ME No
Browser No
Other No


Mobile Colloquy

IRC Clients-Mobile Colloquy-StandardNickCompletion.png
Download from: Mobile Colloquy for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
Wikipedia English Colloquy article
License BSD Licenses
Distribution Model unknown
SSL Support yes
Platform Available?
Windows No
Linux No
BSD No
Intel Mac See Colloquy instead
PPC Mac See Colloquy instead
iOS (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) Available in App Store (and as source for jailbroken devices)
Android No
Windows Mobile No
Java J2ME No
Browser No
Other No


HydraIRC

Icechat

irssi

jmIrc

Konversation

LimeChat

Linkinus

mIRC

Pidgin

PJIRC

PocketChat

PocketIRC

Quassel IRC

savIRC

SmartIRC

Trillian

Trillian Pro

UtaIRC

Virca

Vortec IRC

weechat

WireLess IRC 1

WireLess IRC 2

wmIRC

X-Chat

X-Chat Silverex

X-Chat Aqua

zsIRC

  1. AYTTM (Are You Talking To Me) Multi-platform and Multi-protocol Instant Messaging Client (also available for Linux/*BSD/Windows(NT/2000/XP))
  2. BabbelIRC an IRC client developed in RealStudio with support for Windows XP/Vista/7 and MacOS X 10.2 and up (both PPC and Intel-based). (Alpha stage)
  3. HydraIRC A freeware IRC client which is quite fully featured, even though there doesn't seem to be active development anymore.
  4. Icechat (Screenshot)
  5. irssi (OpenSource) (Can only be used on Windows through CygWin). Also available for Linux, *BSD, MacOSX)
  6. Pidgin Multi-platform and Multi-protocol Instant Messaging Client (also available for Linux/*BSD/MacOS X/Windows/QTopia) (used to be called Gaim)
  7. savIRC (also available for *NIX/Windows)
  8. Trillian Multi-platform and Multi-protocol Instant Messaging Client (Basic Version is Freeware, Pro version is Payware)(Comparison between Basic and Pro)
  9. Vortec IRC (Beta Client)
  10. X-Chat Unofficial build for Windows by Silverex (Screenshot)
  1. mIRC (Windows) (Shareware)
  2. Trillian Multi-protocol Instant Messaging Client (Pro Version is Payware)
  3. X-Chat Official Build The official build has become Payware as of August 23, 2004. For freeware builds (of which some are equally good or better), see above.
  1. BitchX (Freeware Command Line IRC Client for *NIX)
  2. Pidgin Multi-protocol Instant Messaging Client (also available for Linux/*BSD/MacOS X/Windows) (Formerly known as Gaim)
  3. AYTTM (Are You Talking To Me) Multi-protocol Instant Messaging Client (also available for Linux/*BSD/Windows(NT/2000/XP))

http://quassel-irc.org/


  1. Colloquy Graphical IRC and SILC client (Screenshot)
  2. LimeChat IRC client for Mac OS X written on RubyCocoa (Screenshot)
  3. Linkinus (Payware)
  4. Pidgin Multi-protocol Instant Messaging Client (also available for Linux/*BSD/MacOS X/Windows) (Formerly known as Gaim)
  5. X-Chat Aqua Freeware X-Chat build for Mac OSX


  1. WLIrc 1.x WireLess IRC client 1.x branch
  2. WLIrc 2.x WireLess IRC client 2.x branch (requires MIDP 2.0!)
  3. jmIrc Rewrite of WLIrc.

http://www.getjar.com/mobile/17589/utairc/

  1. Virca :> (not under active development; last update 2004)


  1. zsIRC Free-ware IRC Client. Highly recommendable! Logging, supports multi-windowtabs, wide command range, identd (limited). Automatic On-connect and On-Join commands. SmartPhone + PocketPC!!
  2. wmIRC 2.x Pay-ware IRC Client. Highly recommendable! Logs, supports multi-windowtabs, wide command range, colours and SSL + identd (limited). SmartPhone + PocketPC!!
  3. SmartIRC.Net a (Free!) dotNet client for Windows Mobile. Good compatibility, stable, single window, startup commands supported. SmartPhone + PocketPC!!
  4. PocketIRC A (payware) PocketPC Only!!! Client
  5. PocketChat A (Free!) PocketPC Only!!! Client
  1. PJIRC One of the most widely used Java IRC Applets.

External Links

  1. More Clients for UNIX
  2. More Clients for UNIX/X
  3. More Clients for Windows
  4. Index of IRC Client Reviews by IRCReviews.Org (Might be out of date some of the times..)
  5. mIRCScripts.com Useful site for extending your mIRC with scripts and learn about mIRC Scripting
  6. mIRCScripts.org Another mIRC Scripting resource site
  7. TCL Plugin for X-Chat 2.x
  8. TCL Developer Xchange Site More info about TCL Scripting
  9. ScriptKitties Handy Site for Scripting in TCL for X-Chat.
  10. LinuxQuestions.ORG - X-Chat Linux Documentation of X-Chat